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This organization explains fiscal sponsorship and its various models, including discussion on how these models function generally and specifically within the Tides framework.
This collection provides up-to-date resources tracking federal policy changes and their impacts on nonprofits. Part of SVCN's Resilience Resources: Tools and Information to Manage and Adapt to Federal Policy Shifts.
This free webinar discusses the distinction between business planning, financial planning, and strategic planning; how to present risks to board members; and frameworks to analyze your model and explain to stakeholders. Part of SVCN's Resilience Resources: Tools and Information to Manage and Adapt to Federal Policy Shifts.
This article provides guidance for what to include, and exclude, from nonprofit annual reports. It includes visual examples from other annual reports and explains why they were effective.
This article provides a critical analysis comparing nonprofits' mission statements from their 2024 IRS tax filings (submitted in 2025) to those of the previous year in order to examine if and how these organizations removed or modified language related to diversity, equity, or inclusion (DEI) in their mission statements. The authors offer visuals and analysis of how organizations changed, or did not change, their mission statements in the wake of the Trump administration's orders to remove language that expressed commitment to DEI.
This report offers a comprehensive analysis of compensation trends within the nonprofit sector. With data from 200+ nonprofit organizations, it examines a spectrum of job roles and pay structures, highlighting key developments, including disparities in compensation, shifts in industry benchmarks, and continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nonprofits.
This collection of volunteer resources includes best practices, compliance, sample policies, volunteer matching programs, and volunteer data to support nonprofits' management of volunteer programs.
This website offers free informative videos to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). Part of SVCN's Resilience Resources: Tools and Information to Manage and Adapt to Federal Policy Shifts.
This report illustrates patterns of politically-motivated threats to social justice organizations, how they can distract or weaken an organization, and the steps groups are taking to armor themselves and emerge stronger. Part of SVCN's Resilience Resources: Tools and Information to Manage and Adapt to Federal Policy Shifts.
This article builds on the concept of corporate social responsibility, emphasizing that nonprofits should also commit to socially responsible initiatives.
This article highlights key research findings demonstrating how diversity and inclusion improve an organization's ability to recruit and retain talent, increase group creativity, strengthen an organization's reputation and social responsibility, and improve financial outcomes. Although framed within corporate work environments, these insights may also be valuable for nonprofit organizations.
This article offers reflective questions to help individuals decide if they should join a nonprofit board, including a link to a board readiness quiz.